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Fusing Old and New, to International Acclaim

Wang Shu and his wife, Lu Wenyu, also an architect, at the China Academy of Art. (Photo: Sim Chi Yin for The New York Times)

“We want to copy Manhattan,” he said over lunch near his studio. “I love Manhattan. It’s a very interesting place. But if you want to copy something that was accomplished in 200 years, it’s very difficult. New York was not designed by architects, it was designed by time.”
— NYT

Jane Perlez profiles Wang Shu and his wife, Lu Wenyu of Amateur Architecture Studio. Their conversation touched on the architects' concerns regarding China’s rush to urbanization along Western models. They also discussed how the two split off duties in the firm.